Weekly Analysis 2024: post week 12 superlatives

The best game: Clemson over Pittsburgh.

The coach I wish I was: Colorado’s Coach Prime.

The coach I wouldn’t want to be: LSU’s Brian Kelly.

The team that impressed: Georgia.

The defensive slugfest: Oregon over Wisconsin.

The offensive shootout: Baylor over West Virginia.

The team that disappointed: BYU.

The Heisman favorite: Colorado’s Travis Hunter.

The best conference: SEC.

The worst conference: Big 12.

The best team: Oregon.

The underrated coach: Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham.

The overrated coach: Tennessee’s Josh Heupel.

The underrated player: Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt.

The breakout performance: Georgia quarterback Carson Beck’s 347 pass yards, and three total touchdowns.

The biggest upset: Kansas over No. 6 BYU.

The upset no one saw coming: Stanford over No. 19 Louisville.

The team that wants to hit the reset button: Purdue.

The blowout everyone predicted: Alabama over Mercer.

The underrated team: South Carolina.

The overrated team: Kansas State.

The feel-good story: Florida’s Billy Napier beating a ranked team.

The horror show: Nebraska’s four-game losing streak.

The must-see game in week 13: Indiana at Ohio State.

The team nobody’s talking about: Arizona State.

The team with an elite offense: Ohio State.

The team with an elite defense: Texas.

The team that was desperate for a win: USC.

The surprising blowout: Colorado over Utah.

The surprising close game: Oregon over Wisconsin.

The best comeback game: South Carolina over Missouri.

The narrow escape: Kansas over BYU.

The defense that got exposed: Tennessee.

The coach with the most to prove: Nebraska’s Matt Rhule.

The dangerous Group of Five team: Boise State.

Cool in the clutch: Clemson’s Cade Klubnik.

Give that coach a raise: Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman.

Man, they’re good: Penn State.

Wow, they’re bad: Houston.